Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
14I do believe that the people adhering to this idea are very ill informed. Please look at what you would be giving up and who you would hurt in the process.
9- Dale Fea
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
10Traitors!
8- So What
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
7Actually, there is so much information about how well Alberta would do on its own. You should research.
10- Terri Olson
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
9Let’s just hope and pray that there will be a very poor turnout at the VRC this weekend. Let’s just not sign up for such nonsense.
7- Marian Schafer
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
5Oh please explain what all we would be giving up. I can't wait to see this.
10- Laxbird
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
7Love Canada. Just tired of people like you supporting the degradation and collapse of a one great country.
8- Laxbird
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
8Separatists can head south across the border. Maybe ICE won't like them.
6- Di69
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
6Funny, you would use the word, traitor. That’s the word we use for the current federal government we have.
8- Terri Olson
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
5The Uneducated 🤔
8- Tired Of Noise
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
5Apparently you missed the independent report on Alberta managing it's own pension plan, much like Quebec has for a long time. That's our money. The results showed it will produce a higher income for seniors with less input from the employees. I would rather see investments handled provincially instead of in the questionable weighted directions of Ottawa. The 4 national parks in Alberta would be ours once again and not hard to manage better than they are now. As an example the Jasper fire wouldn't have happened if Parks had listened to the townsfolk. Treaties 6, 7 and 8 are non-negotiable, the racist Indian act would finally be scrapped, and the nations are welcome to join us in the 21'st century to future prosperity. Don't be so worried about positive change.
7- Berta 1st
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
5There is an old saw about rats and sinking ships!! HHMMM! No interest in helping to right it?? I realise that takes commitment and courage of a different kind to what we see here.
6- Malcolm Hughes
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
5They will be leaving my property just as fast if not faster if they ever come to my door!I am Canadian before I am Albertan and Alberta is my home.
4- Dwteg
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
4My core concern in all of this is the future of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions that Albertans have paid throughout their working lives. It is unrealistic to assume that the rest of Canada would simply transfer those funds to Alberta without significant legal, financial, and political challenges. The situation opens the door to numerous uncertainties—and not the positive kind. There are also broader constitutional and jurisdictional questions to consider. For example: What would become of federal crown lands such as Banff and Jasper? Who would assume responsibility or ownership of these areas? Additionally, how would existing Indigenous treaties—many of which are negotiated with the federal government—be respected, amended, or redefined? The implications are extensive and complex, touching nearly every aspect of governance, law, and public policy.
4- OkotoksResident
Hundreds turn out for Alberta independence petition in Okotoks
3I'm not sure why media should give separatists free publicity. They want to destroy Canada.
4- Di69
Hundreds turn out for Alberta independence petition in Okotoks
3By the way, we don't want to "destroy Canada". We want to free Alberta from this abusive, toxic "marriage". It's not destruction. It's liberation.
4- Pierre A
Hundreds turn out for Alberta independence petition in Okotoks
3These people are nothing more than traitors. Danielle Smith enables them. Always playing the victim. Alberta cannot separate.
4- Farmer's Son
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3@Berta 1st Apparently you missed ... so many things I've lost count. Alberta does not currently have its own pension plan - but are exploring the idea. The province cannot just leave the CPP without holding a provincial referendum. There is no analysis on the financial assumptions of a CPP (APP?) plan for Alberta. There are no quantifiable results that show higher income for anybody, much less seniors. Too much information is unknown about this to make the statements you have made. Furthermore Berta, Banff and Jasper national parks are federal properties. They are administered under the Canadian National Parks Act. No province has any claim to any federally owned park. Under the current legislation, they cannot be transferred unilaterally. Lastly, Treaty Rights 6, 7 and 8 are already constitutionally protected. Historic treaties are legally binding under Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. They cannot be revoked by any province.
3- OkotoksResident
Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
3@Berta 1st If you think that Danielle Smith can wave her magic wand and make the Indian Act disappear, you are simply deluded. Only parliament can amend or replace. Discriminatory elements can be changed, but it can't be abolished. Hopefully this gives you some insight of how large this issue is and why DS can't just make it all go away because it's what she wants.
3- OkotoksResident
Hundreds turn out for Alberta independence petition in Okotoks
3Thousands, Robert. Thousands, not hundreds. I and my family spent about 20 min waiting and at that time just under one hundred people were there. It's certainly not scientific, but it allows us to assume that on Friday probably about 5,000 people signed. Maybe even more people will come to sign on Saturday. The actual registering and signing took about 2 minutes. I guess on Monday we will learn the approximate number of people who signed here in Okotoks exercising their, our, constitutional right.
3- Pierre A
Hundreds turn out for Alberta independence petition in Okotoks
3Did you have a problem with the media reporting on that petition for referendum for Alberta to continue indefinitely as Canada's colony and on banning all referendums because, you know, we the plebes should have no right to speak freely? Media reports, or rather supposed to report on what's happening. At least the Western Wheel continues that classic tradition of reporting without partisan bias attached. It should be respected.
3- Pierre A
